The Mobile Difference

Introduction

The typology shows that many Americans, with mobility as the accelerator, are deepening their relationship with digital resources, but that a larger number are in a holding pattern. Some in the holding pattern are steady users and not likely (very quickly at least) to become more active; others seem likely to keep ICTs on the periphery of their lives for the foreseeable future. The findings have several related implications.

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